Foster Care: A Social Injustice The United States foster care system is classified as a social injustice in the following ways: * Once a child in foster care turns 18‚ they age out of the system. This means that they no longer receive help from Child Protective Services. (CPS) * Children in foster care are often treated unfairly because of their background and health problems. Many children end up in shelters or foster homes that don’t take care of them. * Biological parents of foster
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Effect of Foster Care on Children Human Development March 30‚ 2011 Introduction/ Problem Statement Each year 542‚000 children nationwide live temporarily with foster parents‚ while their own parents struggle to overcome an addiction to alcohol‚ drugs‚ illness‚ financial hardship or other difficulties (Mennen‚ Brensilver‚ & Trickett‚ 2010.) The maltreatment they experienced at home‚ the shock of being separated from their birth parents‚ and the uncertainty they face as they enter the foster care
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of the lack of reporting that goes on. (MacMillan el al.‚ 2009). Another way to prevent maltreatment in the foster care system was to implicate a nurse home visitation (MacMillan el al.‚ 2009). This process was a way of getting a nurse to examine and check a child upon their visit. This Programme was paced help and report physical abuse and neglecting among children in the foster care system (MacMillan el al.‚ 2009). However‚ this process was not very affective to reduce abuse and neglect and there
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80% of children come into foster care with at least 1 physical health problem‚ with fully one-third having a chronic health condition . It is common for such problems to have gone undiagnosed and untreated before foster care. In addition‚ 46% to 60% of children younger than 6 years have a developmental disability that qualifies them for services. Up to 80% of children in foster care enter with a significant mental health need‚ and 20% have significant dental
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wondering “why me?”‚ “what did i ever do to get myself here?” Well‚ the kids in foster care have. They never know what type of home they’ll be put into‚ who will live there‚ but one thing for sure is that the feeling of emptiness never goes away. They are basically living their whole life in rejection and we get upset when the person we like rejects us. There are dozens of crimes that can happen to a child in foster care. The government needs to be more careful on who gets the kid and makes sure
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though you were not good enough and would never be amount to anything? For most people this is something you struggle with at least once in your lifetime. Many of us have a support system that is there to pick us up when we are feeling down and remind us that we will accomplish great things and that we are great people. Foster children are told time and time again that they do not have voice; they are going to be nobodies when they grow up; that they do not matter. While many of us are told these things
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temporary care is called Family reunification. It is also the most common goal for children that are placed in foster care. An important concept to realize when becoming a foster parent is that a big part of their job is to support and encourage family reunification. There are thousands of children who enter the foster care system with a powerful need for stability‚ happiness‚ safety‚ and love. Foster care is a temporary arrangement that’s essential for children who are unable to remain in their own homes
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test better than kids who are thrown into foster care. Foster care hurts the children more than it helps. Limitations force the kids into a specific lifestyle and doesn’t give them their imagination they deserve. Foster care hurts the children just as much as it helps. It’s not right for the kids to be raised through terrible conditions while they watch other classmates have normal lives. “More than 250‚000 children in the U.S. enter the foster care system every year.” States the author of website
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Foster Children Attachment Styles Valencia Bradford University of North Texas Valencia_Bradford@yahoo.com Foster Children Attachment Styles As implied by many physiologist a child’s attachments style is the building blocks to his or her mental development. A child like a structure is sure to crumble if there is a crack in their foundation. Foster children have the potential to stand tall or crumble due to neglect. Attachment styles tend to vary in foster children since they bounce
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Nature versus Nurture: Foster Homes and Orphanages Psych 500 July 5‚ 2010 For decades‚ nature versus nurture debate has been an ongoing argument among experts studying life span development. Those who believe that nature is the determining factor of development argue that genes determine an individual ’s personality‚ attitudes‚ and behavior. The other side of the debate among experts is that nurture or experiences and environment have the most influence on development. Santrock states‚ "nature
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